South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) will be greeting donors at a re-election fundraiser next week at Mar-a-Lago, Politico reports.
The event will be hosted by Donald Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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Ty Pinkins, who was the Democratic Senate nominee in Mississippi last year, announced he’ll leave the party and run again in 2026 as an independent, SuperTalk Mississippi reports. Save to…
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Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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